The mare has opened up at 6-4 for the Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday which may also turn out to be generous. The draw will clearly be an important consideration and it's worth bearing in mind that a mile is the limit of her stamina. She just held on in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville in the summer over a distance just short of that trip having looked ready to win easily.

In any case another look after the draw has been made is going to be well worth it given Moon;ight Cloud's brilliance this season when she has looked better than ever.

Back to the domestic action and in the winter all the good racing is shunted to the weekend with the Tingle Creek and Becher Chase here and the John Durkan Chase in Ireland all to look forward to.

Today, we need to look to the all-weather for a decent bet or two, starting with Bancnuanaheireann (1.30) in the Class Two Conditions Stakes at Lingfield. His trainer, Michael Appleby, could not have been more bullish when talking about his runner's prospects yesterday.

He reported: "Bancnuanaheireann came out of his last run at Lingfield well and is in good order. I was happy with his run there and I think he ran better than the result suggests. He was trapped wide the whole way and it was probably a career-best performance.

"He didn't run until he was a four-year-old and is just a big, improving horse. He is top-rated tomorrow and should win really. After tomorrow, the plan would be to aim him at All-Weather Championship Finals Day on Good Friday."

Appleby's runner is lightly raced and looks fairly unexposed. I expect him to confirm the course-and-distance form with Uramazin and will be disappointed if he can't win this on the way to next year's major meeting at the track.

Later on Kempton's twilight card Multitask (6.50), the form of whose recent win over track and trip has been boosted, looks worth supporting in the seven-furlong handicap.

In the event of a tie at the end of the week, the winner will be the tipster who, from among those tied on the highest score, posted their tips earliest on the final day.

This week's prize is a pair of premier enclosure tickets to Chepstow for the Welsh Grand National on Saturday 28 December. One of the great staples of any racing man's Christmas, the race is nearly always thrilling, as you can see from this footage from 1983, featuring polished jockeyship.

As ever, our champion will be the tipster who returns the best profit to notional level stakes of £1 at starting price on our nominated races, of which there will be three each day up until Friday. Non-runners count as losers. If you have not joined in so far this week, you are welcome to do so today but you will start on -6.